Open surgery is the elective treatment for mycotic aneurysms of the aorta. This surgery consists of resection of the aneurysm, debridement and revascularization with an in situ or extra-anatomic bypass. Even when surgery has been successful, the morbi-mortality is raised and the endovascular treatment has become an alternative for specific patients. When mycotic aneurysms involved the visceral ...

The term mycotic aneurysm involves an infection of secondary aneurysmal wall to bacterial endocarditis. The 63% of mycotic aneurysms of the superior mesenteric artery are due to embolism from a septic endocarditis. Although most of these aneurysms is diagnosed, due to the increase in diagnostic methods, even a quarter of the superior mesenteric artery aneurysms present with rupture, intestinal ...

Mycotic aortic aneurysms account for 1-3% of all aortic aneurysms. The management of this disease is controversial. Since open surgical repair is associated with high morbidity and mortality rates, endovascular aneurysm repair is an alternative treatment method with promising early and midterm outcomes, although its long-term durability is unknown. Secondary aortoenteric fistulas may occur iatr...

AIM To report a case of successful endovascular treatment of mycotic aneurysms of the inferior mesenteric artery and the aorta. CASE REPORT Infrarenal aortitis in a 55-year-old multimorbid man resulted in formation of two mycotic aneurysms, one in the infrarenal aorta and the other in the inferior mesenteric artery. The patient was treated with a bifurcated aortic endograft. Antibiotic therap...

Mycotic aneurysm is defined as an infection of the arterial wall either by fungi or bacteria. Although, a rare complication infection, it associated with high morbidity and mortality. We describe 69-year-old female thoracic aortic mycotic aneurysm, no clear source predominantly atypical presentation, manifesting primarily heart failure, at rural community hospital. Our case also depicts rapid d...

BACKGROUND Mycotic aneurysm remains a lethal pathologic entity, especially when rupture occurs. It may result from primary aortitis, be induced by septic emboli, or be secondary to an adjacent infection, such as pancreatitis or a psoas muscle abscess. Surgical intervention is the only way to treat such disease. Even when successful repair is achieved by insertion of an interposition in situ gra...

BACKGROUND Endovascular repair of mycotic aneurysm is an alternative to open repair if the patho-anatomy is suitable. The aortic size above and below the mycotic aneurysm may be small. METHODS A retrospective review was made of prospectively collected departmental computerised database. RESULTS Three oriental patients with juxta- and infra-renal mycotic aortic aneurysms with a small aortic ...

Background Mycotic aortic aneurysms are rare and life-threatening. Unfortunately, no established guidelines exist for the treatment of patients with mycotic aortic aneurysms. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the midterm outcomes of the open repair of mycotic thoracic and thoracoabdominal aneurysms and suggest a therapeutic strategy. Methods From 2006 to 2016, 19 patients underwent op...

PURPOSE To document the response of mycotic aneurysms to antibiotic therapy and correlate these findings with patient outcome. METHODS Clinical findings, CT studies, and serial cerebral angiograms of patients with endocarditis related aneurysms seen over 10 years were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS In 14 patients infective endocarditis was diagnosed. The patients presented with subarachn...

The use of live attenuated intravesicular Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) therapy is a generally accepted safe and effective method for the treatment of superficial transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder. Although rare, < 5% of patient's treated with intravesicular BCG therapy may develop potentially serious complications, including localized infections to the genitourinary tract, myco...